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Biography
Christina Sevdali was born in Greece and studied Greek Philology with a major in Linguistics at the University of Crete. In 2002 she obtained her MPhil in theoretical linguistics from the University of Cambridge and her PhD, in 2007. Her PhD disssertation was on Ancient Greek infinitives, their properties and their loss from the history of Greek. Christina’s research interests include synchronic and diachronic syntax, Greek linguistics, syntax – morphology interface and multilingualism. In recent years she has been working on the diachrony of case in Greek in an AHRC-funded project where she has been collaborating with Elena Anagnostopoulou. Her impact work includes Language Made Fun, a programme that assists newcomer children with their English, and more recenlty Language Awareness for Key Stage 3, a programme that developped extensive language teaching materials for prost-primary students.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Acquisition of auxiliary selection in French and Italian and the role of input
Lauzon, B., Folli, R., Sevdali, C. & Gerard, J., 9 Jun 2025, In: Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics. 10, 1, p. 1-42 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressee
Sevdali, C. & Macleod, M., 27 Feb 2025, Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics Online. Brill PublishersResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Developing a new consortium for outreach activities
Gerard, J., McGill, S., Haughey, T., Singer, V., Simms, V., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., Macleod, M. & Dautel, J., 28 Mar 2025, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Language proficiency across tasks in sequential bilingual and monolingual children
Logue, S., Folli, R., Sevdali, C., Singer, V. & Gerard, J., 31 Jan 2025, In: Languages. 10, 1, p. 1-41 41 p., 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of internal and external factors across language domains and features in sequential bilingual acquisition
Logue, S., Sevdali, C., Folli, R. & Gerard, J., 30 Nov 2025, In: Journal of Child Language. 52, 6, p. 1383-1412 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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DiGreC (Diachrony of Greek Case) treebank
Anagnostopoulou, E. (Creator), Macleod, M. (Creator), Mertyris, D. (Creator) & Sevdali, C. (Creator), Ulster University, 16 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.21251/59fd3210-83fe-4d1c-8d18-f2cd1168ccd6, http://cid.ulster.ac.uk
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Prizes
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Supporting Multilingual Pupils in Northern Ireland
Sevdali, C. (Speaker), Folli, R. (Contributor), McGill, S. (Contributor) & Macleod, M. (Speaker)
16 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation
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Driving Improvement for Multilingual Pupils in Northern Ireland
Folli, R. (Contributor), Macleod, M. (Speaker), McGill, S. (Contributor) & Sevdali, C. (Contributor)
6 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Understanding Newcomers in Northern Ireland
Gerard, J. (Speaker), Macleod, M. (Speaker), McElroy, E. (Contributor), Folli, R. (Contributor), Gazzola, M. (Contributor), McGill, S. (Contributor), Murphy, J. (Contributor), O'Connor Bones, U. (Contributor) & Sevdali, C. (Contributor)
10 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Intervention Effects with Symmetrical Passives in Ancient Greek
Sevdali, C. (Speaker), Macleod, M. (Contributor) & Anagnostopoulou, E. (Contributor)
24 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation
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Possessors and Possessor Passivisation in the History of Greek
Anagnostopoulou, E. (Contributor), Macleod, M. (Contributor) & Sevdali, C. (Speaker)
25 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Profiles
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Gianluca Porta, (PhD Researcher)
Person: Doctor of Philosophy
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Projects
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IAA - Driving English Language Awareness and Improvement for multilinguals : towards impactful educational change.
Sevdali, C. (PI), Folli, R. (CoI) & McGill, S. (CoI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/24 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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IAA - Driving language awareness and English improvement in Northern Ireland primary and post-primary education
Sevdali, C. (PI), Prince, M. (CoI), Macleod, M. (CoI) & Folli, R. (CoI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/06/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Language Made Fun Flax Trust
Folli, R. (PI), Sevdali, C. (CoI) & Gerard, J. (CoI)
1/01/22 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Investigating variation and change: Case in diachrony
Sevdali, C. (PI)
26/09/17 → 31/01/20
Project: Research